i woke ip this morning to find mister mantis molting again !! he is now in his 5th instar he has been growing so much i love it!! this would explain why he would not eat last night ... I have been looking to add a new addition to my room pets does anybody have any suggestions as well as sites where you can find your suggestion please and thanks

How do I keep my mealworms alive ? MR MANTIS JUST ATE HIS FIRST MEALWORMS!!! I tried multiple ways to feed him them (I put him in a deli cup with holes in the lid plus a coffee filter) they did not work so I thought hmmm maybe if I flip the cup upside down. So the worms would climb on the coffee filter and he likes to eat up there because he has good grip so I did and it worked they finally caught his attention and he ate them !!! I reccomend this method if you can't get any other way to work.

Mr mantis has successfully finished his first molt! While I was sleeping lol I woke up to find he had a weird stringy thing close to him (I have baddd vision) I thought he had worms lol I'm so weird he actually molted!!!

Update on my Chinese mantis tendora senisis. Mister mantis is doing quite well. I was holding him and he ate a fruit fly from me ! He has a pretty sweet crib (if it will let me upload a photo I will do so). He is pretty normal now. My room temps and his enclosure temps are very good! Hope everyone is having a great day! I love it when I get feed back btw! It would not let me upload a photo

I'm very distraught I got my mantids today and the female was dead and the other was very cool and not moving I don't like how they packaged them is this standard I bough a heat pack for them but obviously it wasn't the greatest I'm very upset I feel very bad.:( @CosbyArt

@Lalaland Sorry to hear that, I guess the seller does not offer a LAG (live arrival guarantee). The surviving nymph tarsi and antenna problems should clear up just fine on the next molt, or two depending how much time it last in it's current instar to repair the problems.

my mantids should be here tomorrow I'm ecstatic !! I need to start running my humidifier. I plan on taking my mantis to school for a presentation after they have adjusted. I hope I got girls I love mantids with big bellies lol